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- Kant 3 questions
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what can i know?
what should i do?
for what may i hope? - what can i know?
- metaphisical and epistemological questions
- what should i do?
- ethical and political questions
- for what may i hope?
- theological and historical questions
- simple subjectivism
- all statements are merely expressions of individual approval or disapproval. reports about oneself and nothing more
- 2 arguments against simple subjectivism
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gives no explanation of disagreements
implies everyone is right - proof in ethics
- student and the unfair exam
- proof in science
- quantum mechanic and relativity
- ethical egoism
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pursue own intest others arent relevant
everyone (ought 2) - psychological egoism
- everyone does act out of self interest
- support for psychological egoism
- save people becasue that what u want to do act on own desire
- we do what makes us feel good(argument)
- we may not want to do something but we do it anyway
- abraham lincoln
- saved pigs for peace of mind but that doesnt mean becasue he did it for a selfish reason it wasn't altruistic
- raoal wallenburg
- do what we most want(PE) went to hungry to save people, motivated by desire
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ethical egoism
against -
first statement is fact 2nd is an expression
avoids right a wrong not true o false